
Nazimova with puppy, 1920s

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Caption reads : “Nazimova is seen as a waif of the streets in one picture and a foreign dancer in the next; obviously, neither custom or anything else can stale her infinite variety”.



Arthur F. Rice :: Russian actress Alla Nazimova, 1921. Original photograph of the avant garde silent film pioneer and central figure in the roaring 1920s libertine Hollywood. This is from the 1921 sitting. | src: Worth Point
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Clarence H. White :: Alla Nazimova, New York, 1919 / src: Library of Congress
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Melbourne Spurr :: Russian American actress Alla Nazimova (1879 – 1945) stars in the First National film ‘My Son’, 1925. General Photographic Agency / src: Getty Images
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Alla
Nazimova in The Red Lantern (Albert Capellani, 1919) / src: Nazimova Society
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Alla
Nazimova in The Red Lantern (Albert Capellani, 1919) / src: Nazimova Society
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Russian-American actress and producer Alla Nazimova (born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon) working out, 1924 / src Ullstein Bild via Getty Images
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Alla Nazimova, ca. 1915. The image by General Photographic Agency appeared in a Rothman’s – Pall Mall Cigarette Card. / src Getty Images via barcarole
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